# Saam language

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{{Short description|Kiranti language of Nepal}}
{{distinguish|Sámi languages}}
{{Infobox language
  |name=Saam
  |region=[Mechi Zone](/source/Mechi_Zone)
  |states=[Nepal](/source/Nepal)
  |ethnicity=[Kiranti](/source/Kiranti)
  |speakers=530
  |date=2011 census
  |ref=e18
  |speakers2=(400 Saam, 130 Lingkhim)<ref name=e18/>
  |familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
  |fam2=[Tibeto-Burman](/source/Tibeto-Burman_languages)
  |fam3=[Mahakiranti](/source/Mahakiranti_languages) (?)
  |fam4=[Kiranti](/source/Kiranti_languages)
  |fam5=Central
  |dia1=Bungla
  |dia2=Lingkhim
  |dia3=Sambya
  |iso3=raq
  |glotto=saam1282
  |glottorefname=Saam
}}

'''Saam''',  ''Saama Kha'', is a nearly extinct [Kiranti](/source/Kiranti_languages) language spoken in [Nepal](/source/Nepal). The name ''Saam'' is ambiguous, and shared with neighboring languages.

[Chukwa](/source/Chukwa_language) may be Saam if it is not Kulung.

==Geographical distribution==
Saam is spoken in the following locations of Nepal (''[Ethnologue](/source/Ethnologue)'').

*[Dobhane](/source/Dobhane) and [Khatamma](/source/Khatamma) (Khartangma) VDC's, northern [Bhojpur District](/source/Bhojpur_District%2C_Nepal), [Kosi Zone](/source/Kosi_Zone); straddling the Irkhuwa River, in Dangmaya, Okharbote, Khartangma, and Dobhane settlements between the [Phedi River](/source/Phedi_River) and [Irkhuwa River](/source/Irkhuwa_River)
*[Phikkal](/source/Phikkal_Bazar) VDC, [Ilam District](/source/Ilam_District), [Mechi Zone](/source/Mechi_Zone)

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}
{{Kiranti languages}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Kiranti languages
Category:Languages of Nepal
Category:Endangered Sino-Tibetan languages
Category:Languages of Koshi Province

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